During the 1929–30 NHL season, Manners scored three goals and was a decent checker for Pittsburgh as an NHL rookie. He became a member of the Quakers when the franchise was relocated In September 1930. Manners only played four games for the dreadful club and spent most of his time with the OPHL'sNiagara Falls Cataracts. In 1931 he was reinstated as an amateur and played in a few leagues in the Ottawa area before joining the Ottawa Montagnards for one last season in 1933–34. Manners later coached the Yellow Jackets from 1935 until 1937, when the team folded.